Friday, December 10, 2010

Rapunzel Storyboards (2008)

This movie was in pre-production for many years and was conceived in just about every way imaginable before becoming the "Tangled" movie that is currently in theaters. During my brief time on the movie, about 6 weeks, the story-telling was darker and more dramatic in tone than what was in the final movie. There were no songs, no slapstick -- and no horse! (...just a basset hound.) Mother Gothel was a sinister, brooding villain in the tradition of the Queen in Snow White.

These panels are from a sequence in which Mother Gothel begins to suspect that Rapunzel has had contact with the outside world. Rapunzel catches herself carelessly humming a tune she learned from "the intruder" and must quickly cover up.

I'm surprised that these have been digital (I assume the other recent posts have been, as well). Not so much as because of the line weight, but because of the paper-like texture you've incorporated. It looks nice - is this an addition of your own, or are you using a setting?

On this sequence I used the China Marker brush as mentioned above to draw with and shade. But normally I draw with a standard anti-aliased brush with a modified tip that is elliptical and set at an angle.

Toby, I have to say that I really enjoy the quality of the expressions in these boards and the right choices of angles for each shot. Kudos. I also like quality of the shading and lines any chance your colleague would be willing to share the presets for that brush?

It's so surprising to see these "Tangled" concept arts. I loved the final version, but these early drafts just pique me. I'm surprised Disney originally did a version of Rapunzel that was closer to the story and with no songs. I wonder what that would've been like.

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